Pre-college summer programs

Get a jump-start on college life and all it entails — sign up for one of our summer programs. These will give you a taste of the incredible variety and opportunity open to you on the Illinois campus. These camps are meant for students ranging from age 9 through high school.

We update these listings each spring, so check back to see how our offerings align with your interests.

To learn more about all summer programs on campus, see the Illinois Admissions website.

Summer camps and programs

• Girls' Adventures in Mathematics, Engineering, & Science (GAMES): Chemical Engineering
• Girls' Astronomy Summer Camp
• Global Health
• International Law and Social Justice
• Mandarin Summer Language Camp
• Meet the Romans
• Meet the Greeks
• Outbreak! Study Ebola with the Center for African Studies
• Pollen Power
• Quechua and Portuguese Summer Bridge Program
• researcHStart
• Spanish Summer Camp
• Summer Arabic Language Program
• Summer Illinois Mathematics Camp
• Sustainable Futures
• Word Power